I am missing one thing I appreciated my@atlas for - links with different visited/not visited colors. You do not have to recall which news story you read and which is not yet. I almost do not use news page on autosport.com because I am lost there .

Originally posted by Beef Eater First report Link "Some help & suggestions on this service" does not work.

When you click on it, you get in the middle column a box titled "HELP & SUGGESTIONS". I am guessing you think the link doesn't work because that middle column is the first to load when you go to that page

Looks great, love the tabs and it is going to take me hours to set it all up!!

One question, how do I get 'The Morning After', I know that was one thing I couldn't get in the old 'My Atlas' and couldn't find it?

Mark

The Morning After is not a separate box: we put it in the website's top story box (the box with the big image. It's called "Top Story - Front Page" and can be found in the "autosport.com" boxes). And then it moves to the Weekly Journal box.

I am missing one thing I appreciated my@atlas for - links with different visited/not visited colors. You do not have to recall which news story you read and which is not yet. I almost do not use news page on autosport.com because I am lost there .

I've been thinking about that, actually. You're right, it's very useful. I will change the css for that page to display different colour for visited links.

When you click on it, you get in the middle column a box titled "HELP & SUGGESTIONS". I am guessing you think the link doesn't work because that middle column is the first to load when you go to that page

Yes, I saw no changes on page and decided it does not work. Actually I was looking for a place I can give my suggestions. That is a link to this thread.

I am missing one thing I appreciated my@atlas for - links with different visited/not visited colors. You do not have to recall which news story you read and which is not yet. I almost do not use news page on autosport.com because I am lost there .

Originally posted by Beef Eater 2. Remove all edit controls after clicking on "Save layout". And activate them back after clicking at some "Edit layout" link.

The 'Save layout' ONLY saves the changes in the ORDER of the boxes (i.e. if you dragged a box to a different location). So there's no point in removing the edit controls as they are not tied to one another.

What you are suggesting, though, is "locking" the boxes so they cannot be dragged and dropped. There was someone else who made the same suggestion to me as soon as he started using this page, some 3 weeks ago, and when I asked him about it yesterday he admitted it wasn't necessary.

The boxes are not going to start jumping around at random, and you'll find that even if you move a box by accident, it takes a second to put it back (and, anyway, without saving, the change won't matter). So there's really no need to disable the drag & drop - or any other edit function on the page. They are ALL solicited (i.e. require an action from you) and they won't start mucking about with your settings while you're asleep ;)

If I could just ask for one thing it would be to have the combined photo gallery from the front page and to be able to shrink the 3 columns layout to what it is like on the front page and to put it on the left of the screen.

If I could just ask for one thing it would be to have the combined photo gallery from the front page and to be able to shrink the 3 columns layout to what it is like on the front page and to put it on the left of the screen.

Very good job though.

You can add a combined photo gallery box, but not the same design as the homepage.

Forget about the homepage design - it is intended for different things. This page is about what you want to have and where you want to have it.

1280 x 1024, so it's not quite high enough for 4 columns, there's is a bit off the screen at the side.

Ah, but you see, not all columns are created equal

If you try out 4 columns, but sort the boxes around so that one column has "airy" boxes, you'll discover it actually fits quite nicely in a 1280x1024. Granted, it doesn't look as wonderful as a 1400x screen with 4 columns, or a 1024x screen with 3. But it works quite well with either 3 or 4.

Play around with it and see if you can find the settings most suitable for you

Great work by the crew btw. Looks good but maybe to smooth in style, no contrasts to help your eyes navigate, all is very bleached out, like an old hat that's been laying out in the sun and rain. Watered out. Catch my drift?

Can we have the option of just two columns, please? Then they should resize to fill the window properly. With three columns, the page is too wide to fit in the default size I use for my web browser and I have to scroll right to see everything. (I have other things to do on my screen, without the web browser taking up all the space!)

Update: I am gradually customizing the page, and it looks magnificent.

However, GMAIL is also not working for me(I have unread messages which don't show up even after refreshing). I am sure it will be resolved, and I know that it is trivial but I just wanted to point it out.

Great work by the crew btw. Looks good but maybe to smooth in style, no contrasts to help your eyes navigate, all is very bleached out, like an old hat that's been laying out in the sun and rain. Watered out. Catch my drift?

Great stuff nevertheless.

That's the autosport.com design - we want the content to stand out, not the graphics or the design

But very soon (well as soon as I finish it) there will be the option to select themes for my autosport.com - including a retro My Atlas theme ;) - and you will then be able to switch to a style more to your liking

Originally posted by pjasper Can we have the option of just two columns, please? Then they should resize to fill the window properly. With three columns, the page is too wide to fit in the default size I use for my web browser and I have to scroll right to see everything. (I have other things to do on my screen, without the web browser taking up all the space!)

Originally posted by Hellenic tifosi Update: I am gradually customizing the page, and it looks magnificent.

However, GMAIL is also not working for me(I have unread messages which don't show up even after refreshing). I am sure it will be resolved, and I know that it is trivial but I just wanted to point it out.

There is a cache period of 5 minutes (was 15 minutes, but now that we're live, I just changed it to 5).

I am not sure whether Google also cache it from their side. But certainly there is no point refreshing the box under 5 minutes because it's cached.

Anyway, give it a try and see how it goes. So far for me it's been working fine.

Originally posted by Hellenic tifosi Just another question: Do you have any plan to add a "time around the world" box? Sorry for asking questions all the time, but I am gradually getting used to the new service.

Ask as much as you want - it helps shape this service and make it better.

Re the 'time around the world'. I'm not sure. I wasn't really planning on doing it, but I could if there's a request

Re the design and the content to stand out: I do agree, content is king and all that. But it ain't good when it melts together due to design. Don't want to complain much though, the whole site is just kicking ass anyway so kudos for that.

Originally posted by pixelpunk Re the design and the content to stand out: I do agree, content is king and all that. But it ain't good when it melts together due to design. Don't want to complain much though, the whole site is just kicking ass anyway so kudos for that.

You know, you can change the colour of a box's title bar. It helps discern between the different types of content, without looking like a Christmas tree. For example, all my RSS boxes have an orange bar; the forum boxes have a green bar; the autosport.com content have the default grey; and my private stuff (favourites, gmail, etc) are purple

If you click on the E icon on any box, you'll see the option there to change the colour. Play around with it; it might achieve the goal you're aiming for.

I actually don't think showing 'number of posts' and 'last poster' are that important. The old design always worked well enough for me.

That is not the design we ever used on My Atlas, and I take it you weren't a My Atlas user, or you wouldn't have said that this is enough

The idea behind such a page is that it virtually replaces any need to visit the specific pages - it isn't just a page you check once in a while, like a website's homepage, to see what's changed. It replaces the forum index, the news index, even the mailbox.

Just putting a link with a forum name is sooooo below par, I myself wouldn't use it and I am willing to bet no regular My Atlas user would feel the same as you.

That is not the design we ever used on My Atlas, and I take it you weren't a My Atlas user, or you wouldn't have said that this is enough

Yep you're right, I never used My Atlas.

Originally posted by bira The idea behind such a page is that it virtually replaces any need to visit the specific pages - it isn't just a page you check once in a while, like a website's homepage, to see what's changed. It replaces the forum index, the news index, even the mailbox.

Ah, I understand the concept now. Although I think if you're heavy user of any specific functionality (forum, news, mail) you will often end up navigating to the full interface anyway.

Originally posted by bira Just putting a link with a forum name is sooooo below par, I myself wouldn't use it and I am willing to bet no regular My Atlas user would feel the same as you.

Sorry

Is there any chance for an overall forum box? It was a useful way to see posts with interesting titles from the forums I dont normally visit.

Originally posted by mach4 Ah, I understand the concept now. Although I think if you're heavy user of any specific functionality (forum, news, mail) you will often end up navigating to the full interface anyway.

Well I am probably the heaviest user you can imagine when it comes to all sections on this site - not least the forums. And I readily admit that this interface is built very much with my own experience in mind. And I can tell you after five years of using My Atlas that I hardly ever look at the forums. Why would I need to, when I got them all in My Atlas, along with everything else?

Originally posted by mach4 Is there any chance for an overall forum box? It was a useful way to see posts with interesting titles from the forums I dont normally visit.

Yes, I was going to do a "latest posts" kind of box, which is a list of the most recently updated threads from all open forums. So I think that will address your requirement (and, indeed, will have a very simple breakdown of thread title and forum name - like that old Atlas F1 homepage box you liked).

Originally posted by mach4 Eitherway, the new interface is really fantastic work. Congrats.

OK, the 'latest posts' box has been added (found under the list of BB boxes).

I also added to the thread title links the full thread title - so if you point your mouse to a truncated thread title, you will see the full title in the tooltip (or whatever that yellow thing's called).

Regarding the RSS boxes, I added a box for the greek sports-related website, www.contra.gr (RSS feed link: http://www.contra.gr/rss/home). However, the Greek language appears "garbled" on the RSS title, while the links (also in Greek) appear normally.

Perhaps I should also email the website as well to inform them on Thursday afternoon when I will be back home.

In any case, it is also a case of something trivial, so don't waste much time over it.